Cyprinodon hubbsi
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes)
Cyprinodon
Cyprinodon hubbsi
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal.
Distribution
North America: Lake Eustis and other headwater lakes of Oklawaha River in central Florida, USA. Possibly not different from Cyprinodon variegatus.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. benthopelagic.
Biology
Occurs in lakes. Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Max length: 5.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders; parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial.
References
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991) A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
Huber, J.H. (1996) Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p.
Lazara, K.J. (2000) The killifishes, an annotated checklist, synonymy, and bibliography of recent cyprinodontiform fishes. The Killifish Master Index, 4th Edition. The American Killifish Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, i-xviii, 1-624, appendices A-C.
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